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According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Daniel Corey (Corey), currently associated with Bankers Life Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Corey recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $22,253.00 on March 14, 2022.

In a written complaint received on March 14, 2022, addressed to Bankers Life and Casualty Company (BLC), an affiliated insurance company, clients alleged that their financial representative recommended they cancel their term life policies held with another financial institution and purchase whole life policies, funding premiums with withdrawals from their securities account with the Firm. Clients further allege their income was insufficient to fund the new premiums and requested their life insurance policies be cancelled and all money be refunded. Clients also alleged that their financial representative recommended the purchase of a Premium Bonus Indexed Annuity (PBIA) from BLC in February of 2020 comprising a high percentage of their liquid net worth and subject to high surrender charges. BLC found that the both the life insurance policies and the annuity were suitable recommendations and denied the complaint, but as an accommodation refunded the premiums paid into their life insurance policies minus the costs and expenses of the insurance over the period of time they were held via a settlement and release. The financial representative did not contribute nor was we asked to contribute to the settlement. While the life insurance policies and the annuity sold to the client were not securities and were issued by BLC, the Firm is reporting this complaint because the source of funding came from the sale of, or income generated by, securities and were recommended by a financial representative of the Firm.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Matthew Shapiro (Shapiro), previously associated with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Shapiro recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $422,000.00 on March 16, 2022.

The Customer alleged unsuitable investment recommendations.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Shu Zhang (Zhang), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Zhang recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on March 14, 2022.

Client alleged, inter alia, that their instructions to liquidate their shares of blackberry stock were not followed  December 2021  damages unspecified

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Kenneth Speight (Speight), currently associated with LPL Financial LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Speight recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $30,300.00 on March 10, 2022.

Customer alleges that he was misled when he purchased a Variable Universal Life Insurance policy in April 2019

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jason Collichio (Collichio), currently associated with Landolt Securities, INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Collichio recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $49,343.00 on March 14, 2022.

Unsuitable recommendations

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Juan Maldonado (Maldonado), currently associated with Nationwide Planning Associates INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Maldonado recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on March 10, 2022.

Client alleges over-concentration, unsuitability, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of securities laws and rules, breach of contract, negligence, fraud, false inducement to inaction, failure to supervise (Puerto Rico bonds, open-end funds and closed-end funds). Includes request for rescission, punitive damages, interest, costs, fees.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Christian Zepeda (Zepeda), currently associated with Charles Schwab & Co., INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Zepeda recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $11,039.66 on March 16, 2022.

The client alleges the representative recommended an investment strategy that was not in the client’s best interest.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Robert Nebel (Nebel), previously associated with Avantax Investment Services, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Nebel recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $7,000.00 on March 16, 2022.

Customer alleged an unauthorized trade was placed in her account on 3/16/2021.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Karl Zimmerman (Zimmerman), currently associated with Pnc Wealth Management LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Zimmerman recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a award / judgment customer complaint on March 14, 2022.

The decision to offer 3.75% on the line of credit instead of 3.25% violated Reg BI and advice within investment strategy that claimant should borrow against the non-purpose loan at 3. 75% rather than sell pledged stock (BGCP) which was paying 6% to buy Florida home.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Ronald Weatherly (Weatherly), currently associated with LPL Financial LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Weatherly recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $157,000.00 on March 11, 2022.

Upon the death of a joint owner the annuity contract was liquidated and distributed to the named beneficiaries. [REDACTED] contends he was the surviving joint owner and should have retained control of the annuity assets. \<char_lb_r>\, \<char_lb_r>\, Contract opened January 2017. Joint owner passed away in early 2021. Surviving joint owner called asking about contract balance and beneficiary listing 2/8/2021 and 2/9/2021.

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